Straddle drop

From Silkworms

straddle drop:

i'm not sure where this drop comes from; i first saw it in a youtube video of laura ernst, but she said she didn't remember where she'd learned it.

it is basically similar to the other crossed silk straddle invert slack drop, but the slack is created and held in a different way. from a double crochet, straddle and pike. then flip back right-side up, and reach up to grab the two poles with your two hands while still holding onto a tail with each. your hands are now holding the slack that will be let out later.

then wrap each leg in the nearest tail two or three times, as in a split silks en dedans wrap. then straddle wide, pike, and invert again.

that's the setup. to drop, just let go with your hands and pull both arms free. you'll drop the length of the slack loops (the distance from your waist to where your hands were on the poles and back again), plus a little bit extra as the leg wraps tighten.

uses/builds on: split silks en dedans wrap, double crochet

links: laura ernst does this move in this youtube video, from about 0:20 to about 0:40.

this youtube video consists just of this move, and is where i got the name "straddle drop," though i'm afraid it's a bit ambiguous.